I'm consumed from within

As I'm fed from without

That's the mess that I'm in

And what I'm all about

With fire in my veins

And ashes in my heart

I feel the dreadful pains

Brought about by my art

My footprints left with soot

Just smolder in the grass

And where I place each foot

The smoke will linger last

I'm entropy at work

A phoenix gone all wrong

A circus sideshow quirk

An ember all but gone